July 12

 Toddlers:

People Prayed for Peter

Lesson: Acts 12:1-6

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Verse: “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

• Clap the verse together as you say each syllable. 

Pre-K/Kindergarten:

God Directs His Missionaries

Lesson: Acts 8:4-8, 12, 26-40

• God wants you to be ready to obey Him. The first step is asking Jesus to be your Savior. Is this something you’re interested in? 

Verse: “Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Rise and go” (Acts 8:26)

• Write the verse on notecards (one word per notecard) and have your child(ren) put them in correct order. 

1st Grade Sunday School:

The Gospel Spread

Lesson: Acts 8:4-8, 26-40

• What opportunities do you have to follow God?

Verse: Romans 8:14

• Write the verse on notecards (one word per notecard) and have your child(ren) put them in correct order. 

Application: Help your child pray for God to show him or her ways to serve Him. 

2nd/3rd Grade Sunday School:

The Gospel Spread

Lesson: Acts 10:1-11:18

• Have you believed in Jesus and had all your sins forgiven?

Verse: Acts 10:43

Theme: God wants all people to be saved. 

Application: This week’s lesson covered God’s message to Peter about the Gospel. Help your child understand the need to witness to people of all ethnicities. 

4th/5th Grade Sunday School:

Christ Returns for His Church

Lesson: 1 Thess. 4:13-18

• What would you like your first conversation with Jesus to be about?

Verse: 1 Thess. 4:16, 17

Theme: Christ will return to take His church to Heaven. 

Application: Christ will return for His church at the Rapture. Help your child believe that Jesus will resurrect believers to eternal life. 

1st-3rd Grade Children's Church:

The Fall of Israel 

Lesson: 2 Kings 17

Theme: God takes rebellion against Him seriously. 

• How do you think God felt about Israel’s stubborn hearts?

Verse: 2 Chronicles 36:15

• Activity: Call out commands for your child to follow as they say the verse. Suggestions: Whisper as you say the verse, clap your hands as you say the verse, stand on one leg. 

July 5

NO SUNDAY SCHOOL 

 Toddlers:

Dorcas Helped People

Lesson: Acts 9:36-42

• What did Dorcas do for others? (Sewed many things for people) 

Verse: “Serve one another” (Galatians 5:13)

• Create motions for the verse and practice together. 

Pre-K/Kindergarten:

The Church’s Problem

Lesson: Acts 6:1-7

• What are some things you can do to help others and serve God?

Verse: “Through love serve one another.” (Galatians 5:13)

• Create motions for the verse and practice together. 

1st-3rd Grade Children's Church:

Jonah, a Reluctant Prophet

Lesson: Jonah

Theme: God loves and values everyone. 

• How did God demonstrate His love to Jonah? To the sailors? To the Ninevites?

Verse: 2 Chronicles 36:15

• Write the verse on a notecard and hang somewhere visible to practice together daily. 

June 28

 Toddlers:

A Healed Man Praised God

Lesson: Acts 3:1-11

• What did the man do after Peter said ‘in the name of Jesus, stand up and walk’? (He jumped with joy)

Verse: “I will give thanks to the Lord” (Psalm 111:1)

• Write the verse out on a paper, say it together. Slowly cover up words of the verse, continue saying the verse until the verse is known by the child(ren). 

Pre-K/Kindergarten:

The Church’s Prayer

Lesson: Acts 4:1-31; 5:12, 17-42

• How can you tell others about Jesus with boldness?

Verse: “And when they had prayed … they … continued to speak the word of God with boldness.” (Acts 4:31)

• Write the verse out on a paper, say it together. Slowly cover up words of the verse, continue saying the verse until the verse is known by the child(ren). 

1st Grade Sunday School:

The Apostles’ Joy

Lesson: Acts 5:29-42

• How can you serve God with gladness?

Verse: Psalm 100:2

• Create motions for the verse and practice together. 

Application: Talk with your child serve with joy, even when the task is not enjoyable. 

2nd/3rd Grade Sunday School:

The Church Endured Persecution

Lesson: Acts 5:17-8:4

• How should believers respond to threats of persecution? Stop being a Christian? Hide their faith?

Verse: Philippians 1:29

Theme: God’s servants sometimes experience rejection and persecution. 

Application: This lesson covered the arrest and beating of the apostles and the stoning of Stephen. Help your child pray for believers who are being persecuted. 

4th/5th Grade Sunday School:

The Church’s Ordinances

Lesson: Matt. 26:26-28; 28:19, 20; 1 Cor. 11:23-32

• Why is baptism important? Is baptism something you are interested in?

Verse: 1 Corinthians 11:26

Theme: Christ instituted baptism and communion as ways to remember Him. 

Application: The church’s two ordinances are baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Help your child understand the purpose and importance of baptism and being baptized. 

1st-3rd Grade Children's Church:

God Delivers Israel from Syria

Lesson: 2 Kings 6:8-7:20 

Theme: God’s power is the greatest by far. 

• Why was Elisha not afraid?

Verse: 1 Kings 18:37

• Recite the verse with little to no help.

Day 4 (Thursday) VBS Junkyard Redemption

 

Bible Texts: Revelation 1, 21, 22. Memory Verse: Revelation 21:5. 

Today we discussed a question that many of us have probably wondered. We know Jesus paid the price for sin, and we know God loves us, but how can we face our messed-up world today? We learned that God gives us incredible hope for the future, and His Spirit gives us help for today!  

Question: When will God fix our world for good?  


Takeaway: God will one day make all things new. Live with hope!


Family Fun

Gather goodies and card-making materials (e.g., card stock or construction paper, scissors, glue sticks, markers) and a nice gift bag or box.

As a family, think of someone who could use some hope. Make a hope bag or box to show Jesus’ love. Take it to the person at a good time. Pray with the person and thank God that He loves us even in this broken world, and for the sure hope that one day He will make all things new.


Discovering Hope

• God gave John, one of Jesus’ special followers, a sneak peek into how He’s going to fix our broken world.
• One day God will create a perfect new heaven and new earth.
• The new heaven and new earth will be more wonderful than the Garden of Eden.
• Even now, God’s Spirit is with His children to guide, comfort, and help them!

Day 3 (Wednesday) VBS Junkyard Redemption

 

Bible Texts: John 1, 18, 19, 20. Memory Verse: Ephesians 1:7. 

Today was the high point of VBS. We learned why we can always hope—no matter what—and know that things will turn out okay in the end! How can we have that confidence? Because the price to fix our broken world has been paid in full!  

Question: What is the price to fix my brokenness?


Takeaway: Jesus paid the price for your redemption. Come to Him!


Family Fun

Gather clear jars or bottles with lids, plus small heavy items (like screws) and lightweight particles (like sand or glitter). Fill each container ¾ with water. Shake each jar with different items and observe how heavy objects sink, but lighter ones float or swirl.

Conversation Idea: We couldn’t make the screws act like particles in a real snow globe. And we can’t do anything about our sin. But Jesus can! On a cross, He paid the price for all our sins to be forgiven.


Discovering Hope

• Jesus fulfilled every single one of God’s promises of a redeemer—but tragically, He wasn’t the kind of redeemer people had been looking for.
• People rejected Jesus and put Him on trial.
• Jesus died as the perfect sacrifice, paying the ransom to set us free from sin.
• But then He rose again, winning the victory over sin and its brokenness!

Day 2 (Tuesday) VBS Junkyard Redemption

 

Bible Texts: Genesis 12; Exodus 1, 3, 11, 12. Memory Verse: Hebrews 10:23.

Thanks for letting your child attend our VBS! 
 
Do you like watching shows where people fix old houses or cars? Sometimes those houses or cars seem too broken to fix. We’ve all faced situations that seemed impossible. But there is always hope! Today we learned where to look for help.

Question: Who can I trust to fix our world?


Takeaway: God always keeps His promises. Trust Him!


Family Fun

Search online for a video clip your family will enjoy about home or auto restoration. Watch the video together.

Conversation Idea: [Name of people in the video] were good at fixing things! We can trust they know how to fix something. In the same way, we can trust what God says. He made the world, fixes what’s broken inside us, and has promised to one day fix the whole world! 


Discovering Hope

• God promised to make Abraham into a great nation and to bless all nations through him.
• God kept His promise by making a great nation from Abraham and redeeming them from a difficult time of slavery in Egypt.
• Today He will redeem—set free from sin—anyone who trusts in Jesus as Savior!

Day 1 (Monday) VBS Junkyard Redemption

 

Bible Texts: Genesis 1—3. Memory Verses: Romans 8:18 and Romans 8:22a.

We’re thrilled that you let your child attend our VBS!

At VBS, we’re learning how to make sense of our world so we can go forward with hope and purpose. We all want that for our children. But don’t things often seem to work against us? How can our kids face discouraging stuff and still thrive?

On the first day of VBS, we learned the answers to a question where we need to start.

Question: What went wrong with our world?


Takeaway: God promised to fix the brokenness caused by sin. Stay hopeful!


Family Fun

Gather an equal amount of different kinds of items (e.g., 5 paper wads, 5 pens, 5 hair ties). A non-player hides all the items in a room, your house, or your yard. Designate each kind of item to a player. On a signal, players search for their designated “treasure.” The first player to find all of his or her items wins.

Conversation Idea: Some collectors search for valuable items in junkyards. We are valuable to God, worth a lot to Him. When sin broke our world, He already had a plan for our redemption.


Discovering Hope

• God created everything perfect, but sin broke creation.
• Since then, creation and our relationships suffer. Like in a junkyard, things don’t work properly anymore.
• But God gave a promise—one day, a descendant of Eve would fix the problem and make everything right!